Karger OLA (On Line Academy), a collaboration between the Global Kidney Academy (GKA) and an international scientific publisher S. Karger AG, provides an interactive forum to connect and promote the ongoing education of the international nephrology community.

Karger OLA brings authors of outstanding nephrology research together with readers, stimulating discussion and encouraging exchange of opinions as well as questions to be raised and answered regarding their publications. This innovative, interactive forum facilitates greater understanding of important issues and topics in the field of kidney disease. It also makes them accessible to a larger worldwide readership.

This platform also serves as a further step in the democratization of science by inviting a wide audience to read free of charge top quality publications with free access from the large Karger's portfolio of nephrology journals, along with the added benefit of rich and direct interaction with members of the nephrological community worldwide. We invite you to join the discussion by registering free of charge on the GKA On Line Academy (OLA)!

Karger Publishers, family owned and with over 120 years of experience in connecting the world of biomedical science, publishes around 90 scientific journals and 60 book titles per year from its headquarters in Basel, Switzerland. Karger is proud of its strong tradition in Nephrology, actively promoting the discipline since its beginnings. In addition to the highly regarded series 'Contributions to Nephrology', with over 180 volumes, Karger's Nephrology program includes traditional journals such as 'Nephron Journals', 'American Journal of Nephrology', 'Blood Purification' and 'Kidney and Blood Pressure Research', as well as ongoing new initiatives including 'Cardiorenal Medicine' and 'Case Reports in Nephrology and Urology'. Selected publications from these journals will be accessible for discussion on OLA where you will be able to directly access the authors and interact with them thus enhancing your nephrology continuing education. We invite you to join Karger OLA.

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Karger OLA Forum Latest

Once more associations, dont mean causality!
This month (KI March 2017), the CRIC study group also showed that elevated levels of interleukin-6, C-reactive protein, and FGF23 are independent risk factors for mortality in CKD.
the literature is...